Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Aller

Early-attested site in the Parish of Abbotskerswell

Historical Forms

Alra 1086 DB

Aure 1197 FF 1242 Fees790

Overalre juxta Kynges Carswell 1333 Ass

Awre 1428 FA

Etymology

'At the alder,' v. alor .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Abbotskerswell